AHA Foundation news on child marriage and forced marriage

New York is on track to becoming the first state to set the minimum age for getting married […]

The new law officially makes 18 the minimum age for marriage. Previously, 16-year-olds were allowed to marry adults […]

Most Girls Scouts spend their time learning survival skills and selling cookies. But Cassandra Levesque, 18, spent her […]

One in four of the world’s children – at least 700 million – have had their childhood cut […]

Marriages are forced upon children as young as 11 in the US for reasons ranging from religious beliefs […]

When she was a scrawny 11-year-old, Sherry Johnson found out one day that she was about to be […]

Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday rejected a bill that would have barred all teenagers from getting married in New Jersey […]

Women in white dresses and veils, some clutching teddy bears, placed chains around their wrists and tape over […]

A man has pleaded guilty to marrying a 14-year-old girl in a forced marriage, after a charge alleging […]

“I was really young on my wedding day. And I didn’t know we’d have sex that night. I […]

Afghan First Lady Rula Ghani on Tuesday called for the protection of Afghan girls against child marriages. According […]

Moriom has a compassionate perspective about her mother’s choice to marry her off a few years ago to […]

Early-age marriage is an epidemic felt by girls around the world. In the province of Sindh, Pakistan, nearly […]